#55C697#55C697

#55C697 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.125 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C697
RGB	rgb(85, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(155, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(155, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 23.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -43.26, 14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 45.48, 162.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.1194 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.125 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5235, 44.5510, 36.3155)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C697 #C65584

analogous

#55C65E #55C697 #55BDC6

triadic

#55C697 #9755C6 #C69755

tetradic

#55C697 #5E55C6 #C65584 #BDC655

square

#55C697 #5E55C6 #C65584 #BDC655

split-complementary

#55C697 #C655BD #C65E55

monochromatic

#287857 #38A678 #55C697 #83D5B3 #B1E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55C697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#55C697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C697

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C697	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.125 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed8b5',
    500: '#55c697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c697;
$custom-light: #8ed8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.044,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74848,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C697

secondary

#D3A4B7

accent

#4E88D9

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C697

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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